Over the past day or so, I learned quite a bit. I learned about humans, their behaviors, and how they interacted most of all. It was a fascinating process, one that currently had me tending to a crying Leanne to get some sticky tar out of her hair. It was the result of a cruel prank, one that I had to scold the young twins for playing on their y...
2023-03-10 15:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostThe first trip back to the farm was fairly uneventful. Bee took Trent and Tony, but Void stayed behind, and she assumed it was looking over the kids and Mary. They made it to the farm, each leading an animal with a harness on. This time they would load up the animals and themselves, but also they would try to make a sled to help them transport m...
2023-03-08 15:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostBee woke early the next morning, grateful that she didn’t feel more groggy. They had all dragged in their stuff last night before immediately collapsing. However, now that it was morning, the castle was thrown into a comparative flurry of activity as the family started moving in. Mary had completely taken over the kitchen and had breakfast rea...
2023-03-07 15:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostSevs and Dan continued their conversation for a while longer, now getting into more details. Dan actually didn't know everything, so Sevs had to fill him in on a few details about resistance and the floor plan.
As they were studying the map drawn on the table in marker, Dan rubbed his chin. "I think I see the problem."
"Oh?" Sevs cou...
2023-03-07 15:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostBee followed Tony's family out to the barn. They swung the doors wide and quickly got to work handing out scythes. Even the youngest had one sized for him. Tony pulled her aside and found one that had the correct length for her. Since she didn't know much in the way of farming, he briefly went over how to use it with Bee. He also showed her how ...
2023-03-06 15:00:59 +0000 UTC View PostOnce I was being carried, traveling outside was significantly more pleasant. I spent my time categorizing plants and learning about their life cycles from my scanner database. Felix did start to lag behind, but it wasn't long until we saw light peeking through a break in the dense foliage up ahead. This gave him the burst of energy he needed to ...
2023-03-04 15:02:00 +0000 UTC View PostBeatrice was trying not to cry for the second time that day. At the same time, she was trying not to put her fist through the wall. Self-control was harder than she thought. The only thing that kept the table in front of her in one piece was the thought of Void's disappointment with the mess it would make.
When she saw her master start com...
2023-03-04 15:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostCelebrations continued for weeks as the humans hoped through light speed. Everyone let loose. All the military and the civilians. The only ones who really had to keep it together were the pilots of the ships, and they worked in shifts.
They were on their way to a permanent home. And the game was changed forever.
The planet was someth...
2023-03-04 15:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostHey just a quick update. So Patreon decided to make a baffling change and force about 25% of all text posts to be visible. There are a ton of reasons why this doesn't work for my current set up. So until I am able to control the text preview you may see anti spoiler wall texts on the extra posts.
I hope Patreon fixes this and a...
2023-03-03 22:45:37 +0000 UTC View PostIt took Bee a little while to drag a bed over to the library herself, not because of how heavy it was exactly, but because of the awkward size. As she became stronger, she started to realize that it didn't help as much after a point. One of the books in the library explained it to her. In order to push something, she needed something to push aga...
2023-03-02 15:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostA few minutes after they had secured the control tower, Soshal gave the all-clear signal to Sevs. He then contacted the command. "Point alpha two is ready for extraction."
"Confirmed, stand by." Came the response. Sevs grimaced. He had hoped to know if the main team was going to extract their point. "Get ready to hole up, everyone. We have...
2023-02-28 15:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostBee cocked her head. The unfamiliar noise sounded like it was coming from outside. It sounded suspiciously like someone yelling. And it was getting louder. Glancing at Tony as he struggled to his feet, she grabbed her broom and ran out of the library toward the castle entrance. It only took her a second to run down the hall and squint in the dir...
2023-02-28 15:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostBee was just getting back from collecting eggs when Tony finally seemed ready to get up and walk around. Setting aside her basket, she slipped her shoulder under his arm. She half helped and half lifted him up until he was standing unsteadily. After a few tentative steps, she lowered him into a chair as he panted to catch his breath.
"Sorr...
2023-02-25 15:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostIt didn't take long for Soshal to find things that interested her. She pulled out a small back and transferred several different objects off the bodies. Some of the things she took looked like personal items, and the rest were access cards and the like. From previous experiences, she took the commander's hand as well.
Before she could fini...
2023-02-25 15:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostThe castle regrowing around me wasn't the only weird occurrence that I noticed. I had been organizing debris and fallen items into piles for a while now. But strangely, whenever I placed something on a pile, it was always perfectly aligned. At first, I assumed that was just due to my skill and increasing motor control. But at one point, I was in...
2023-02-25 15:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostI was devastated. When I went to go back into the castle, I found that the collapse of the entryway had destroyed the ramps. It had also got most of the stairs too, but I wasn't too concerned about that. I did my best to ignore the devastation around me, which was a sad sight to see. The careful beauty of this castle was in tatters.
As I m...
2023-02-23 15:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostThe shuttle vibrated gently from the basic systems. It was something that a passenger normally wouldn't notice. Sevs and his crew only felt the gentle rattle of their utensils as they tried to eat because those were the only systems that had been running for the last dozen hours. When they were getting into position, the engines and other system...
2023-02-21 15:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostRoscoe sprinted down the long tunnel looking for his god. As he ran, fueled by the unending energy of his belief, he crossed paths with the tiny human that also served his master. The one whose scent he had been tracking. She herself was running up the tunnel with a vigor that rivaled Roscoe's own. He could only a...
2023-02-21 15:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostIt took a day, but Sevs finally found the rest of his team. Not that they were hiding from him or anything. Just as he was busy getting inducted into the officers, he met with a lot of the higher-ups as well as the other two new officers.
At the same time, his other squad members were doing the same with their own specialties. Still, after...
2023-02-18 15:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostSevs had struggled through what must have been hundreds of iterations of musket battles. He did alright. Someone with experience in the strategy of military history or any sort of training would likely have done this much more efficiently. The number of tactics that he had tried that utterly failed was countless.
Despite his many failures,...
2023-02-14 15:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostHarold was unbelievably frustrated. He had spent the entire trip from Greg trying to warn the rest of the expedition about the ill omens that he and Wallace had gotten out of Patricia. So far, it had all been for naught. They refused to listen to the ramblings of a mad woman.
Sure, there was no denying that Patricia was mad. Stark raving m...
2023-02-14 15:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostBee gathered the last of her materials and walked to the Lieutenant's room. Void and Tony were already in position. At least, Tony was. Void, well, she wasn't sure what it was doing as it just seemed to be following Tony around recently. So she hoped it would at least be in the room for this. When things went wrong, maybe it would save the day.<...
2023-02-11 15:01:59 +0000 UTC View PostSevs had to give it to command; they didn't waste time. After the celebrations and ceremonies, they were all sent off to their chosen schools. Turns out Carl was able to go through a different school for sergeants, but they fast-tracked Sevs right to officer training.
From his understanding, if this was a normal military they would have al...
2023-02-11 15:01:00 +0000 UTC View Postbtw S.P.O.T. stands for Shoot and Potion Obvious Threats in case anyone was wondering
I finished cleaning the undersides of all the tables in the library. It wasn't really necessary, but I really didn't have anything else to do while Beatrice and Tony finished going through Tony's class change. Apparently, it was a complicated p...
2023-02-11 15:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostWe all gathered in the library. It was not something that we usually did during the day. Normally we were all going about our jobs, making sure everything was maintained. But Beatrice had something that she needed to tell us.
She and Tony sat across from each other at one of the tables while I rested a little off to the side. "I'm sorry, T...
2023-02-09 15:02:35 +0000 UTC View PostBee walked back to the library. She should be elated to have reached level 25, and she was in a way. However, her options left an ashen taste in her mouth. The way they were formulated made her believe that these were the options that any Devotee got at level 25. So that wasn't too disappointing. No, it was the fact that the system still recogni...
2023-02-07 15:01:59 +0000 UTC View PostTheir discussion with the Major from R&D was a lot less interesting. The only person he really wanted to talk to was Soshal, as she was the only one of them who had any insight into the Tarlaki tech they had used during their escapade.
The Major left rather unsatisfied as Soshal wasn't really able to explain how things worked at all. I...
2023-02-07 14:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post